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2023 Spring Dealing With Major Façade Projects In Co-ops & Condos, the "F" Word is "Façade"
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2023 Spring Amending Documents Bylaws, House Rules & More
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2023 Spring When Residents Are Away Managing the Challenges of Empty Units
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2023 Spring Ground Floor Commercial Space A Soft Market = Lower Rents, More Vacancies
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2023 Spring Façade Cleaning Safety, Solvents, & Curb Appeal
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June 13th is International Community Association Managers Day

Mark the Date (and Thank Your Manager!)

Boards, managers, and residents, take note - Tuesday, June 13 is International Community Association Managers Day! Estab…
Management
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2023 Spring

When Residents Are Away

Managing the Challenges of Empty Units

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Winter 2023

Handling Sensitive Complaints in Condos & Co-ops

Sex, Smells, & Nuisances

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Winter 2023

Hiring Building Staff & Professionals

It's About Chemistry

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Winter 2023

Holding Elections

Democracy at the Micro Level

Finance
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Is Your Condo on Fannie Mae’s Blacklist?

Listed Communities Face Big Problems Borrowing

As has been widely reported lately, Fannie Mae, which is under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency…
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Fall 2022

Safeguarding Your Reserves

Key to the Financial Health of Your Association

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Collecting Delinquent Common Charges

What Can Your Board Do?

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As Costs Rise, So Do Carrying Charges

Monthly Fees for Co-ops & Condos Up All Over the U.S.

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As Costs Rise, So Do Carrying Charges

Monthly Fees for Co-ops & Condos Up All Over the U.S.



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Running Better Meetings

Running Better Meetings

Communication, Education, & Structure

While the goal of any HOA board meeting is to determine the rules, regulations and property updates that best serve the …
Resident Engagement After COVID
Fall 2022

Resident Engagement After COVID

HOAs & Condos Are Getting Their Groove Back

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2022 Winter

Management Contracts 101

Negotiating Your Community’s Most Important Contract

Term Limits for Board Members:

Term Limits for Board Members:

A Breath of Fresh Air...or a Lack of Oxygen?

A Look at Board Powers
Spring 2021

A Look at Board Powers

What a Condo or Co-op Board Is … and Isn’t

No Spaces Anywhere

No Spaces Anywhere

The State of Parking in Chicago

It’s 6 pm. on a Tuesday night when the Chicago Cubs are in town and it’s game night in Lakeview’s Wrigleyville neighbor…
Knowing When to Call Your Manager
2014 January

Knowing When to Call Your Manager

Response to Calls is an Essential Part of the Manager’s Job

Secrets of Successful Managers
2014 January

Secrets of Successful Managers

Communication, Accommodation, Cooperation

Managing Amenities
2014 January

Managing Amenities

Coping with Changing Trends

Changing Managers or Firms?
2014 January

Changing Managers or Firms?

Don’t Overlook the Details!

Neighbor Noise

Neighbor Noise

When Enough is Too Much

Noise is an acknowledged part of urban life - particularly apartment living.  Some of it - traffic, garbage collection, …
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Secondhand Smoke Complaints

Bad Smells, Hard Feelings

Handling Harassment

Handling Harassment

When Trash Talk Turns to Transgression

Communicate...and then OVERcommunicate

Communicate...and then OVERcommunicate

Tips for Getting Residents Involved, Engaged, & Informed

Keeping Track of Paperwork
2014 February

Keeping Track of Paperwork

Properly Managing Association Records



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Façade Cleaning

Safety, Solvents, & Curb Appeal

As the old saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression—which is why the façade of your building shou…
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2023 Spring

Dealing With Major Façade Projects

In Co-ops & Condos, the "F" Word is "Façade"

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Winter 2023

Façade Cleaning

Safety, Solvents, & Curb Appeal

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Financial, Physical, & Operational Health

How Does Your Association Measure Up?

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Winterization

The Last Thing on Anyone's Mind in July

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Façade Cleaning

Safety, Solvents, & Curb Appeal

As the old saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression—which is why the façade of your building shou…
Closely packed high rise buildings in city
2023 Spring

Dealing With Major Façade Projects

In Co-ops & Condos, the "F" Word is "Façade"

Adjacent Construction Risk Management

Adjacent Construction Risk Management

The Building (or Demolition) Next Door

Window Deterioration

Window Deterioration

Recognizing the Main Culprits

Facade Repair and Restoration
2019 March

Facade Repair and Restoration

How to Know When It’s Time

Multifamily Developers Experiencing Pandemic-Related Delays

Multifamily Developers Experiencing Pandemic-Related Delays

Construction Resuming - Slowly - as States Open Up

According to a recent press release, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) reports that more than half (53%) o…
Your Building’s Plumbing
2014 November

Your Building’s Plumbing

Plumbing the Depths

Boiler Maintenance Basics
2014 November

Boiler Maintenance Basics

The Heat is On

Your Building's Anatomy
2014 November

Your Building's Anatomy

Systems That Keep Your Co-op or Condo Building Running

Where's the Money?
2013 November

Where's the Money?

Alternative Funding for Capital Improvements



Insurance
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Insurance in the Multifamily Setting

Knowing Who Covers What is Key

Protecting Board Members from Claims

A Look at Liability & Insurance Coverage

Loss, Insurance, and Claims

A Primer

Insurance Coverage vs. COVID-19

Condos & HOAs May Be Left Holding the Bag

The Chain of Communication

Establishing Connections – and Boundaries – Between Board and Residents

Design
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Capital Design Projects

There’s Always Room for Improvement

Interior Design Responds to COVID

Flexibility, Technology, Nature, & Gratitude

Universal Design & the ADA

Design for Every Body

What's Happening in Design

Adapting Common Spaces to the New Normal

Internal Affairs

The Latest Design Trends to Make Your Property Pop

Organizations
IREM Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund

IREM Foundation Establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund

27 Chapters On Board So Far

A Look Inside IREM

Serving the Management Profession

The National Fire Protection Association

Working to Stop Fires Before They Start

SOARing High in Chicagoland

The Streeterville Organization of Active Residents

Keeping it Cool

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6/5/2023  Condo Owners: IL Condominium Property Act Needs Updating—Public News Service
6/5/2023  Condo Owners: IL Condominium Property Act Needs Updating—Public News Service
Some Illinois real estate corporations are getting large paydays by charging homeowners assessments for "common expenses," and the owners allege they are taking advantage of the Illinois Condominium Property Act.
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6/5/2023  Saving For A Rainy Day: How Structural Integrity Reserve Studies Can Protect Condominium Owners—Bisnow
6/5/2023  Saving For A Rainy Day: How Structural Integrity Reserve Studies Can Protect Condominium Owners—Bisnow
In 2021, the east building of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, collapsed due to excessive deterioration that was left in disrepair for many years, claiming the lives of nearly 100 people.
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6/5/2023  Developers Complete Construction on Chicago Apartment Building—Multi-Housing News
6/5/2023  Developers Complete Construction on Chicago Apartment Building—Multi-Housing News
The John Buck Company and Free Market Ventures have wrapped construction on on Platform 4611, a mixed-use transit-oriented development in Chicago’s historic North Side Uptown neighborhood.
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6/5/2023  Property Once Earmarked For 60-Story Tower Goes To Auction As Its Chinese Investors Go Unpaid—Bisnow
6/5/2023  Property Once Earmarked For 60-Story Tower Goes To Auction As Its Chinese Investors Go Unpaid—Bisnow
New York-based Symmetry Property Development had hoped to build a 60-story condo and hotel development called The Carillon at the northeast corner of Wabash Avenue and Superior Street, and it raised $50M from a collection of Chinese EB-5 investors toward its development, The Real Deal reports.
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5/30/2023  Chicago borrowers are riding a rocket as rates head for the stars—Loop North News
5/30/2023  Chicago borrowers are riding a rocket as rates head for the stars—Loop North News
The “warp speed” of Star Trek’s Enterprise is the best way to describe mortgage rate hikes that have impacted the Chicago housing market over the past year.
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5/30/2023  Man wielding ax fatally shot by officer in Des Plaines, police say—Chicago Sun-Times
5/30/2023  Man wielding ax fatally shot by officer in Des Plaines, police say—Chicago Sun-Times
A man who was shot and killed by an officer Wednesday night in northwest suburban Des Plaines was approaching officers while holding an ax, police said.
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5/22/2023  Two weeks after high-rise fire, condo owners push management to make changes—CBS News
5/22/2023  Two weeks after high-rise fire, condo owners push management to make changes—CBS News
Two weeks since the latest in a series of high-rise fires in Chicago, residents inside the building of the most recent blaze in South Shore are calling on building management to step up as problems begin to stack up.
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5/19/2023  Existing-Home Sales Faded 3.4% in April—National Association of Realtors
5/19/2023  Existing-Home Sales Faded 3.4% in April—National Association of Realtors
Existing-home sales decreased in April, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.
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5/15/2023  Can studying cooperative housing in Sweden teach the U.S. how to overcome the moderate-income family housing crisis?—Shareable
5/15/2023  Can studying cooperative housing in Sweden teach the U.S. how to overcome the moderate-income family housing crisis?—Shareable
The housing-supply crisis in the United States has most impacted low- to moderate-income households.
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5/10/2023  Explosion in Madison, WI condo building injures at least 4—ABC 7 News
5/10/2023  Explosion in Madison, WI condo building injures at least 4—ABC 7 News
At least four people were injured in a condo building explosion in Madison, Wis., Tuesday.
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5/8/2023  First permit issued for development at 535 E. 47th—Urbanize Chicago
5/8/2023  First permit issued for development at 535 E. 47th—Urbanize Chicago
A self-certified permit has been issued for the first building of the mixed-use development at 535 E. 47th.
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5/8/2023  Three high-rises where major fires broke out were cited for fire pump problems—CBS News Chicago
5/8/2023  Three high-rises where major fires broke out were cited for fire pump problems—CBS News Chicago
Hundreds of people living in a South Shore high-rise still don't know when they can get back into their homes after a fire on Thursday.
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5/2/2023  Chicago’s largest co-living development nears completion in Lincoln Park—RE Journals
5/2/2023  Chicago’s largest co-living development nears completion in Lincoln Park—RE Journals
Chicago-based Structured Development announced the opening of a model unit at Post Chicago, a 10-story, 431-bed co-living community, the first of its kind in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood and the city’s largest co-living development.
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4/25/2023  River City, Lakeview condo-to-apartment converters look to cash out—Crain's Chicago Business
4/25/2023  River City, Lakeview condo-to-apartment converters look to cash out—Crain's Chicago Business
A pair of developers that turned big condo buildings into apartments over the past several years have put them up for sale, hoping to defy what has become a difficult market to sell almost any kind of real estate.
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4/25/2023  New condos coming to site of historic Wicker Park church built for deaf people—Crain's Chicago Business
4/25/2023  New condos coming to site of historic Wicker Park church built for deaf people—Crain's Chicago Business
Developers plan to build a 10-unit condo development on the site where a historic Wicker Park church that was built for a deaf congregation and helped launch a national mission of preaching to deaf people stands now.
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4/25/2023  When your neighbors become your overlords—Vox
4/25/2023  When your neighbors become your overlords—Vox
There are few things more delicious than a homeowners association horror story.
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4/17/2023  Weiss Lands $54M Refi for Chicago-Area Community—Multi-Housing News
4/17/2023  Weiss Lands $54M Refi for Chicago-Area Community—Multi-Housing News
Weiss Entities has secured a $54 million refinancing loan for Prairie Point and The Reserve at Prairie Point Apartments, a 440-unit luxury multifamily community in Merrillville, Ind.
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4/17/2023  Proposed ‘mansion tax’ will sink luxury home values—Loop North News
4/17/2023  Proposed ‘mansion tax’ will sink luxury home values—Loop North News
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s proposal to more than triple the transfer tax – imposed on buyers of residential or commercial properties priced at $1 million or more – is not being well received by the Gold Coast, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Old Town, and Streeterville real estate brokerage communities that strongly backed election competitor Paul Vallas.
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4/17/2023  Condo Adviser: Illinois Smoke Detector Act phases out older models with removable batteries—Chicago Tribune
4/17/2023  Condo Adviser: Illinois Smoke Detector Act phases out older models with removable batteries—Chicago Tribune
Q: I live in a high-rise condo and recently heard a rumor about an update to a statute regarding smoke detectors that apparently affects condos.
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4/17/2023  Partially Affordable Development Breaks Ground in Chicago—Multi-Housing News
4/17/2023  Partially Affordable Development Breaks Ground in Chicago—Multi-Housing News
Brinshore Development and The Michaels Organization have broken ground on Westhaven Park Phase IID, a 96-unit partially affordable development in Chicago.
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